Angelus News | February 23, 2024 | Vol. 9 No. 4

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Letters to the Editor
A fitting tribute to ‘Chinatown’ — and LA
Thank you for the fabulous and thoughtful piece from Joseph Joyce
in the Feb. 9 issue (“The Perfect LA film?”) about the legacy — and
continued relevance — of “Chinatown,” one of the greatest movies of all time.
We associate Jack Nicholson so closely with sitting courtside at the Forum (and,
er, Crypto or whatever) that we sometimes forget what a brilliant young actor he
was. I’m not sure I agree with all of Joyce’s observations about Southern California
and its denizens, but all in all, not bad for someone who relocated from the Great
Northwest only three years ago.
We take a little while here to understand, especially the push and pull of our
relationships with our vehicles and the roads upon which they travel.
— Mitchell Norton, Riverside
Correction
A headline on Page 6 of the Jan. 26 issue incorrectly referred to members of St.
Michael’s Abbey in Orange County as “abbots.” Monasteries for men such as St.
Michael’s are typically made up of monks, not abbots, but are often led by a single
superior referred to as an “abbot.”
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Celebrating sisters with spirit
“You can ask God to move
a mountain, but you’ve also
got to pick up a shovel.”
~ Paul Satterfield, international coordinator for
the Retrouvaille marriage program, in a Feb. 7 OSV
News article on the ministry for those struggling in
their marriages.
“He’s like PG-13 Barbie
Jesus.”
~ Elizabeth Lev, Catholic art historian, in a Feb. 5
The Pillar article on the uproar surrounding this
year’s commemorative poster for Seville’s Holy
Week.
“People jokingly call it
Moogle all the time —
Mom Google.”
~ Swati Kapila, actress and mother, in a Feb. 6 LA
Times article on LA’s invite-only mom group that’s
better than Google.
“I went down to hell when
I was little, before I knew
anything about God.”
~ Writer Aaron Lake Smith, in a Jan. 30
Commonweal commentary on how he found God
in punk.
“We don’t need flying
saucers to feel awe.”
~ Nicholson Baker, author, in a Jan. 31 New York
magazine article on the existence of aliens and
UFOs.
Archbishop José H. Gomez stands with several local women religious who are celebrating jubilee anniversaries this year
after the annual Jubilarian Mass on Jan. 28 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. | VICTOR ALEMÁN
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“You’re putting the future
on your face.”
~ Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of
worldwide marketing, in a Feb. 1 Vanity Fair article
on the launch of the Apple Vision Pro.
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